► 動詞
聞く [(2)きく] meaning: hear rank: 1
☆ そうしなくてはいけないとは聞いていません ⇨ Nobody has told, instructed, me that I have to do so
☆ そんなバカな話は聞いたことがない ⇨ I’ve never heard anything that stupid before
聞く [(2)きく] meaning: listen rank: 1
☆ あなた私の話聞いているの？ ⇨ Are you listening to what I am saying?
☆ 最近体が言う事を聞かない ⇨ Lately my body doesn’t listen to what I tell it to do, it doesn’t work the way I want it to
聞く [(2)きく] [coll] meaning: question rank: 1
☆ ちょっと聞いてもいい？ ⇨ Can I ask you something?
☆ 彼に聞いたが知らないと言っていた ⇨ I asked him but he said he didn’t know
More examples:
- 分かり切った事を聞くな ⇨ Don’t ask an obvious question
- 聞くに聞けないような質問 ⇨ Questions you want to ask but can’t
- 答えは聞く迄も無く明らかだ ⇨ The answer is so obvious that you don’t have to ask
- 連中は文句ばかり言うんだ。そこでこっちがどうしたいんだと聞くと、何の返事も出来ないんだ ⇨ They just bitch and moan. So, then, I asked them what they wanted, and they couldn’t even answer
- 彼はこちらの話には聞く耳を持たない ⇨ He has no ears, won’t listen, to my side of the story
- 彼は人の話には聞く耳を持たない ⇨ He has no ears, won’t listen, to what others have to say
- ああいう話を聞くとやる気が無くなるよな ⇨ You lose motivation to work hard when you hear that kind of thing
- 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 ⇨ Asking is a momentary shame. Not asking (and never learning) is a lifetime shame
- 念の為もう一度聞く ⇨ I ask you one more time to be really sure
- 彼は聞くに忍びないような悲惨な環境に育った ⇨ He grew up in a horrible environment you cannot bear to listen
- 決まり切った事を聞くなよ ⇨ Don’t ask a question that everybody knows the answer to